1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 We have seen a lot of ups in David's life so far. 2 00:00:05,060 --> 00:00:09,280 He's gone from shepherd boy to anointed king, 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,280 to giant slayer, and today we're going to see 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:16,520 a little bit of his life taking a turn. 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,960 We all tend to measure our lives a lot of time 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,160 by a lot of the high points and low points 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,760 that are in our life, and often the experiences 8 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,280 that we experience can kind of become, 9 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,960 I'll use the illustration tonight of pillars. 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,800 Pillars in our life that kind of become these things 11 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,960 that we measure the quality of our life, 12 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,080 these high points become things that we remember, 13 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,280 things that we kind of, if we were gonna write 14 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,280 a biography of our life, these might be 15 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:43,760 the chapters of our life. 16 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,840 So maybe finishing schooling or getting married 17 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,840 or getting a certain promotion or reaching 18 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,560 a certain status in your career or opening up 19 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,920 your own business, these kinds of wonderful highlights 20 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,080 of our life, they tend to litter our life, 21 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,800 and to be honest, when we look back at the history 22 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,640 of our lives, these tend to be the large points 23 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:10,400 that would sort of, if you in a way, define our life. 24 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,000 And we've been following through David's life, 25 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,080 and we've seen a lot of high points, as I mentioned, 26 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,680 we've seen him chosen to be king and anointed 27 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,400 above all of his, over his brothers, 28 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,640 and then we see him coming, and he stands before Goliath 29 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,680 and comes not with a sword, but in the name of the Lord, 30 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:33,040 right, and he slays the giant with a sling and stone, 31 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,640 and then the giant's own sword. 32 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,880 But today we're going to experience kind of a hard right, 33 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,160 if you will, in David's life, and we're going to experience 34 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:46,320 some low points in David's life. 35 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:50,960 So he's gone from the anointed king, the giant slayer, 36 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:55,000 he's been appointed as the court musician for King Saul, 37 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,280 he gains a wife in the process, 38 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,320 he's got a, gets a royal best friend, Jonathan, 39 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,800 in the process, everything has seemed to be going smooth. 40 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,840 But now in David's life, we're going to experience 41 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,680 with author Seth Godin calls the dip, 42 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,240 and applied to his spiritual context, 43 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,880 the dip is a time of testing through which 44 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,480 pressure filled circumstances reveal 45 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,680 and refine the status of our faith in real time. 46 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,040 We just sang the song, Great is Thy faithfulness, 47 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,920 Lord unto me, and we're going to experience that 48 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:31,200 through the life of David. 49 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,640 These times are what we call the dip tonight, 50 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:36,160 are some of the darkest days in our life. 51 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,600 They're sort of the times in between the pillars, 52 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,920 we don't necessarily like to talk about, 53 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:43,520 but we can also become defining points, 54 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,200 and I'm convinced through personal experience, 55 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,960 and some of you may have walked through, 56 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,200 or maybe even walking through some of these times 57 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,000 right now in your life that oftentimes, 58 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,260 I'm convinced that these times are necessary in our life, 59 00:02:57,260 --> 00:03:01,520 if we're going to grow deeper in our relationship with God, 60 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:05,440 if we want to have a dynamic relationship with our God 61 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,480 and experience his faithfulness, 62 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,160 there needs to be times where we call out to him 63 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:11,640 for that faithfulness. 64 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:14,440 And so what we're going to see through the context 65 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:15,400 of our narrative tonight, 66 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,920 we're going to go through several chapters, 67 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:19,040 we're going to try to go through it rather quickly, 68 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:20,120 because we've got a lot to cover, 69 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:21,380 but we're going to be in Samuel, 70 00:03:21,380 --> 00:03:24,120 first Samuel chapter 19 tonight, 71 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:25,960 so I invite you to open up your scriptures, 72 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,440 first Samuel chapter 19, 73 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,680 as we begin to look into David's life, 74 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,840 and we're going to see tonight an incredible stream 75 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,920 of losses in David's life. 76 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,960 Let's go to the Lord in prayer and ask him to bless 77 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,600 our time of study together tonight. 78 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,080 Father in heaven, we're thankful for the opportunity 79 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,440 we have to open up your word, a word of God. 80 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,560 Lord, I pray that this would not just be another lesson 81 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,720 in history, Father, or just a remembrance 82 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:54,480 of something that we've studied in the past, 83 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,380 but Lord, that you would allow the word of God 84 00:03:56,380 --> 00:03:59,840 and the Holy Spirit of God to interact in our hearts, Lord, 85 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:02,360 and to change the way that we think 86 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,920 and the way that we believe in you. 87 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,200 Father, I pray that you would help us to call out to you 88 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:09,800 in times of need, Lord, 89 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:14,600 and to understand that you are truly all that we need. 90 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,320 And Father, I pray that you would help us to be satisfied 91 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,760 in you and to learn to trust in you alone. 92 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,560 Father, thank you for allowing these times 93 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,520 to happen in our lives, Lord. 94 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,480 They are not times that we like to remember, 95 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,360 but Lord, sometimes we need them, Lord, for we need you. 96 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,160 And Father, I pray that you would help us to learn 97 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,060 from this tonight and from your scripture 98 00:04:35,060 --> 00:04:37,900 as we pray in Jesus' name, amen. 99 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:40,400 So we're going to look tonight at a stream 100 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,440 of incredible losses for David in his life. 101 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,240 First of all, it's in 1 Samuel chapter 19, 102 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,280 beginning in verse eight, the scripture says this, 103 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:52,760 and there was war again, and David went out 104 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,760 and fought with the Philistines. 105 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,920 Now, just by way of reminder, 106 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,520 David is now living in the house of Saul. 107 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,600 He has Michael, Saul's daughter as his wife, 108 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,760 and he's working for Saul. 109 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,600 Now, his day job is court musician. 110 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,240 He's playing for Saul, but from time to time, 111 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,520 he's also been given a captainship or commander 112 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,920 over a certain sect of the army. 113 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,960 And so here is war time again in verse eight, 114 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,680 and David goes out to fight against the Philistines, 115 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:26,760 continuing in verse eight, it says, 116 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,920 and slew them a great slaughter, and they fled from him. 117 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,360 And an evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, 118 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,800 and he sat in the house with his javelin in his hand, 119 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,360 and David played with his hand. 120 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:42,520 Here's David here playing his harp 121 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:43,800 in the presence of King Saul. 122 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,320 This was his day job, and the evil spirit comes upon Saul. 123 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:48,680 He's got his javelin in his hand, 124 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,760 verse 10 says, Saul sought to smite David 125 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,360 even to the wall with the javelin, 126 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,920 but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, 127 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,160 and he smote the javelin into the wall, 128 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,640 and David fled and escaped that night. 129 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,320 You see, after David's success 130 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,440 set the battle over Goliath, 131 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:11,440 David rises to prominence in the military, 132 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:12,720 becomes a military commander. 133 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,040 We saw that a chapter ago in verse 18 in Saul's army. 134 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,960 And Saul is running David on these missions. 135 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,280 He's going out, he's destroying the enemy at that time, 136 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:23,160 which was the Philistines, 137 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,840 and he's being strengthened by God, 138 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:27,240 he's being blessed by God, he's becoming, 139 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:28,720 he's being successful, 140 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,440 and as God continues to be with David and strengthen him, 141 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,400 and give him victory over his foes, 142 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,760 there becomes an increasing jealousy from Saul. 143 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,680 We looked at this last week where Saul, 144 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:44,360 here's the song that David asslays 10,000s, 145 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,720 and him only thousands, and he becomes very jealous. 146 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,760 Now, at first read, when you look at this verse here, 147 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,000 it says that in verse nine, 148 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,960 that the evil spirit from the Lord is upon Saul. 149 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,760 Now, we understand in context that God 150 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,080 does not cause people to sin. 151 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,320 That's outside the boundaries of what we know 152 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,520 the scripture teaches about God. 153 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,560 James chapter one, verse 13, says, 154 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,640 let no man say when he is tempted, 155 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:15,120 I am tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted with evil, 156 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,760 neither tempt he any man. 157 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,920 So to say that this passage is just to be understood that, 158 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,280 well, the reason why Saul acts the way that he does 159 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,840 is because of God, God's causing him to be this sinful man. 160 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:31,080 That's not what we see, that's not consistent with scripture. 161 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:35,280 So when the Bible says that the evil spirit 162 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:39,080 comes from the Lord, how are we to understand this? 163 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,520 How are we to understand what's going on in Saul's heart? 164 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,600 Well, I think it's illustrated several times in scripture, 165 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,720 once in Romans chapter one, another time in Job, 166 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,000 in the whole entire story of Job, 167 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,960 but in context of scripture, we see it time and time 10, 168 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:58,960 that oftentimes God allows evil to happen in someone's life. 169 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,480 Not that God causes it, but that God allows it. 170 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,240 Several times in Romans chapter one, 171 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,000 it tells us that it happens as a repercussion 172 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,800 to a relentless sinfulness. 173 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,920 The Bible says that God gives people over to a reprobate mind 174 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,440 because of their consistent, relentless sin 175 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,840 against their warring against God. 176 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,880 Oftentimes we see this as a process of refinement, 177 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,160 we can kind of see that in Job's life, 178 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,720 but either way, this evil spirit from the Lord, 179 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,360 I don't think should be written or should be understood 180 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,680 as it's from the Lord in the sense that 181 00:08:32,680 --> 00:08:34,720 that's where its source is found, 182 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:39,560 but rather it is from in a sense that God allows it to happen. 183 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:41,480 Now we know that there's a spiritual enemy, 184 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,120 the Bible makes that very clear, 185 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,760 and the spiritual enemies of God's children 186 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:50,760 want nothing more than to destroy and to consume. 187 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,480 The Bible uses this idea of Satan being a roaring lion, 188 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,760 seeking whom he may devour. 189 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:59,160 The Bible also talks about that, 190 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,640 Satan's goal is to kill and destroy. 191 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:04,360 That's his desire. 192 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,480 So oftentimes God in this sovereignty 193 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:11,480 allows these evil forces to happen in someone's life, 194 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:16,800 creating, I believe, an opportunity for his will to transpire. 195 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:22,160 Now God doesn't, in a sense, doesn't consume Saul, 196 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:23,520 forcing him to do these things, 197 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:27,200 I think that it's just God allowing this to happen. 198 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:32,200 Evil things, evil spirits coming into Saul's life 199 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,200 as judgment for Saul's relentless disobedience. 200 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,880 Saul continually, continually disobeyed, 201 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,920 continually had an unrepentant heart. 202 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:42,840 And so God finally says, you know what? 203 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:44,280 Enough is enough. 204 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,280 Instead of my will being done, your will be done, Saul. 205 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,880 And God gives him over to these evil spirits. 206 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,200 So in a fit of rage, Saul launches his javelin, 207 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,920 says he's sitting in his palace with a javelin by his side, 208 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,960 launches that javelin at David with the aim 209 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:01,520 of killing him in cold blood. 210 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,200 He says he wanted to pin him against the wall. 211 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:08,040 But Saul misses entirely, David's able to escape. 212 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,600 But what happens is that something else dies that day. 213 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,320 Saul missed David, but dealt a death blow 214 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,160 to David's career. 215 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,640 Because at this point, David, his income, his livelihood, 216 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:25,080 all the meals that he ate were all in Saul's house. 217 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,360 He was part and parcel of Saul's family, 218 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,200 eating at his table, married to his daughter, 219 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:36,200 and taking care of as a person who is a part of Saul's family, 220 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:38,720 a part of the royal family. 221 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:43,120 But at this point in his life, due to Saul's relentless 222 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,840 disobedience, the evil that has come upon his heart, 223 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:51,840 and now this murderous rage, although David escapes, 224 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Saul deals a death blow to David's career. 225 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:59,640 And from this point on, we're going to see 226 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:01,560 as we continue to study through David's life, 227 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:05,320 from this point on for many, many years, 228 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,160 David is going to be on the run. 229 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:11,960 David is going to leave the palace in Gabea. 230 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,400 He's not going to get back into that kind of living 231 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,800 for quite some time, and he becomes a nomad. 232 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,760 He's going to wander through the deserts. 233 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:21,360 He's going to be in caves. 234 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:22,600 He's going to insert himself 235 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,800 into the Bedouin community that's there. 236 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,920 And he is going to be constantly on the run. 237 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,760 I've used some of these pillars tonight, 238 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,400 as some illustrations tonight. 239 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,000 But what happens is that God allows 240 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,880 in this first stream of loss for David's career 241 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:39,520 to come tumbling down. 242 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,080 And that's all that happens for his career. 243 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,400 Now, David is on the run at this point. 244 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:48,080 David no longer has the security of finances. 245 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,600 He no longer has a roof over his head. 246 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,360 He no longer has the food at the king's table. 247 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:57,640 David is on the run, and the pillar of his career falls. 248 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,760 The next stream of loss that we see 249 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:01,080 is just a little bit further. 250 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:06,080 Let's read on in verses 11 through 17, here in chapter 19. 251 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:07,800 Scripture continues to say this. 252 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,040 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house. 253 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:16,040 Now, David leaves the palace and goes to his home. 254 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,800 Verse 11 says that he went to David's house, 255 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,840 he sent messengers unto David's house to watch him 256 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:23,840 and to slay him in the morning. 257 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,240 And Michael, David's wife, told him saying, 258 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,560 if thou save thy life tonight, tomorrow, 259 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:30,840 thou shall be slain. 260 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,120 So Michael let David down through a window 261 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,680 and he went and fled and escaped. 262 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:37,920 And Michael took an image and laid it on the bed 263 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,800 and put it the pillow of goat's hair for his bolster 264 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,880 and covered it with a cloth. 265 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,560 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, 266 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:47,280 she said, he is sick. 267 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,560 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David saying, 268 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:55,320 bring him to me in the bed that I may slay him. 269 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,760 And when the messengers were come in, behold, 270 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,600 there was an image in the bed 271 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,880 with a pillow of goat's hair for a bolster. 272 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,240 And Saul said unto Michael, why hast thou deceived me so? 273 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,240 And sent away my enemy that he may escape. 274 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,880 And Michael answered, Saul, he said unto me, let me go. 275 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,520 Why should I kill thee? 276 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,760 Now here, in an attempt to catch David at home, 277 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:20,040 Saul sends, the Bible says, messengers to slay him. 278 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,400 These are assassins, royal assassins, 279 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,160 come to kill David in his home. 280 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,160 Now, Michael knows to catch his wind 281 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:30,520 that this is going to happen. 282 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,640 And she gives him just a short window to escape. 283 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,520 Let's him down, the Bible says, out of the window 284 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,320 and he escapes. 285 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,960 And trying to give David time to escape the city 286 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,520 to evade these royal assassins, 287 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:45,520 something interesting takes place here. 288 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:49,480 Michael uses here, the Bible says, an image. 289 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,080 It's the idea of a tarifim. 290 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,240 These are some images that we found. 291 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,840 These are what would probably have been used by Michael, 292 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,960 probably the one on the right more. 293 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,920 But these were kind of household objects 294 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,360 that were used historically in this time. 295 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,240 They were used, they're made out of clay 296 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,840 and other things carved sometimes out of wood and stone. 297 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:16,760 They were sort of like ancient pictures. 298 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,400 Now they couldn't take pictures of their family members, 299 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,160 but when family members passed on, 300 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,880 many times they would carve out these images 301 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,760 and place them in their homes by way of remembrance, 302 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:29,640 to remember grandma and grandpa 303 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:31,800 and to remember Uncle Bill and Uncle Ted 304 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:34,640 and all of our families together. 305 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,520 But what would happen is that oftentimes 306 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:42,520 these would become part of, if they're not careful, 307 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,800 pagan cultures would use these as ancestor worship 308 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:50,800 and they would worship these as part of their worship experience. 309 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,880 This still happens today, by the way, 310 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,000 in many countries in Asia. 311 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,720 But what would happen is that I believe that this is what, 312 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,400 probably something that Michael would have used. 313 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,040 She would have taken something like this, 314 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,080 placed it in the bed. 315 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,320 Obviously she uses some goat hair 316 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,880 to kind of make it look realistic. 317 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,600 So when these assassins come in and they see David sleeping, 318 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,200 she goes, oh, yeah, you have to go away. 319 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:14,640 He's sick. 320 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,680 Well, they go away and then they're sent back 321 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,120 and Saul says, you know what? 322 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,520 I want him dead so much so that even if he's sick, 323 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,720 I want you to carry the bed all the way to me 324 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,240 and I want to kill him myself. 325 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:27,080 So that's what they do. 326 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:28,560 They go in, they discover, 327 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,840 this isn't actually really a person. 328 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:34,560 This is a statue and it's made me to look like a person. 329 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,280 Of course, they bring Michael into Saul's presence 330 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,480 and he's very, very upset. 331 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:46,200 Why have you given my enemy the opportunity to escape me? 332 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:50,400 And at this point, Michael, instead of taking the blame 333 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,800 and saying, well, I love my husband and I'm faithful to him 334 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,120 and I think what you're doing is wrong, Dad. 335 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,320 She is afraid for her own life. 336 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,440 And at this point, in a sense, betrays David 337 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,040 in saying that the reason why I did this, Dad, 338 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,400 is because he threatened to kill me. 339 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,760 That's what the last verse says. 340 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,760 She says, let me go. 341 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,080 Why should I kill thee? 342 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,120 So she says, he made a death threat. 343 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,560 The reason why I did this, Dad, 344 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:17,760 is because David threatened to kill me. 345 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,240 Now, what happens from this point on, 346 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,880 and we can read historically throughout the rest of First 347 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,320 Samuel, is that from this point on, 348 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,760 Michael no longer has a relationship with David. 349 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:33,760 In fact, about six chapters of following in chapter 25, 350 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:38,960 David actually remarries another guy named Falati. 351 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,840 At this point, David is alone. 352 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:44,880 He has no career promise. 353 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,520 He has no income. 354 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,040 He has no place to lay his head. 355 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,320 He's constantly on the run. 356 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,760 And now, this is gonna represent family, 357 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:56,800 he has no family, all right? 358 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,680 So God allows that pillar to fall. 359 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,000 No career, no family. 360 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,240 He's still on the run. 361 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:08,240 God allows that pillar in his life to fall. 362 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,240 Then we see in the end of chapter 19, 363 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,240 David runs to what I would call a confidant. 364 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,560 Chapter 19 verse 18, let's continue reading. 365 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,120 It says, so David fled and escaped 366 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:23,000 and came to Samuel to Ramah 367 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,240 and told him all that Saul had done to him, 368 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:31,240 and he and Samuel went and dwelt in Nioath. 369 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:35,320 And it was told Saul saying, behold David is at Nioath 370 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,520 in Ramah, and Saul sent messengers to take David. 371 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,360 And when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, 372 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:43,840 and Samuel standing as appointed over them, 373 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:45,520 the spirit of God was upon them, 374 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,920 and the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 375 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,120 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers 376 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:55,160 and they prophesied likewise. 377 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,200 And Saul sent messengers again the third time, 378 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,360 and they prophesied also. 379 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:04,240 Then he went also to Ramah and came to a great well 380 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,040 that is in Sekhu, and he asked and said, 381 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,680 where are Samuel and David? 382 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,040 And one said, behold, they are at Nioath in Ramah. 383 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,200 And he went thither to Nioath in Ramah, 384 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,480 and the spirit of God was upon him also, 385 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:21,040 and he went on and prophesied until he came to Nioath 386 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:21,880 in Ramah. 387 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,040 And he stripped off his clothes also and prophesied 388 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,840 before Samuel in like manner and lay down naked 389 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,040 all the day and all the night, 390 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,680 wherefore they say is Saul among the prophets. 391 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:33,600 Now the first time I read through this, 392 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,080 I had totally forgotten this portion of the story, 393 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,600 but it's quite incredible and how God intervenes. 394 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,160 So David's on the run. 395 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,560 He goes to his confidant, Samuel. 396 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,280 Samuel's hometown is Ramah. 397 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,600 They go to a place in that area called Nioath, 398 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,920 and there there's a revival going on. 399 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,760 Samuel is prophesying, he is distributing God's word 400 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:01,760 to the people, and Saul sends again those messengers. 401 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,040 Don't read messengers, read assassins. 402 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:04,880 That's what they are. 403 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,760 He sends his first band of assassins. 404 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:12,040 They go and they're going to take out Samuel and David, 405 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:13,760 because Samuel is harboring David. 406 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,520 And so these assassins go, they find out where he is, 407 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,200 and as they approach this revival, 408 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,040 the Bible says that the spirit of God comes on them 409 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,120 and they begin preaching. 410 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:25,360 Can you imagine that? 411 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:27,400 These guys are walking up, maybe a knife 412 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:28,880 behind their back getting ready, 413 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,160 and all of a sudden the spirit of God comes upon them 414 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,000 and they go, thus sayeth the Lord, 415 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,160 and they begin preaching at this revival. 416 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,000 Well, they return and say, we couldn't get near him. 417 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,120 As soon as we got there, we started preaching. 418 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:42,920 So Saul says, you know what, you guys are useless. 419 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,960 He sends a second batch of assassins, they go. 420 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,400 The Bible says the same thing happens. 421 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:48,960 Spirit of God comes upon them 422 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,280 as they try to take out the man of God and David, 423 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,200 and then they're preaching. 424 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,760 The third group of assassins comes. 425 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:56,800 The same thing happens. 426 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:58,880 Saul says, you know what, enough is enough. 427 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,120 Ramaz pretty close. 428 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:01,120 I showed you on the map here, 429 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:03,440 Gabeah is where they are, it's just a few miles. 430 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,200 I'm gonna head myself and I'm gonna take care of this. 431 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,160 And so he goes and he asks, where's David? 432 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:09,320 Where's Samuel? 433 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,240 They go up into this area. 434 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,160 Saul comes up and as he approaches, 435 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,880 the scripture says he is also taken over 436 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,280 by the spirit of God, and as he does, 437 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:20,960 he begins to prophesy. 438 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,680 He prophesies in verse 24 in a manner 439 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,560 unlike the rest of them. 440 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,240 I'll just put it that way. 441 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:31,120 And the people are so amazed, wait a minute, 442 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:33,280 is Saul a prophet now? 443 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,600 What's interesting here is that God is protecting his man. 444 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,160 He's protecting his future king, 445 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,800 and God is taking over and proving to him, 446 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,800 proving to David, something that we'll see here 447 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,080 in just a few moments. 448 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:52,160 But as these events are unfolding, 449 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,360 something also happens with David's life. 450 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:58,800 David is not able to continue to stay there. 451 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,240 Now this revival is coming to an end. 452 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,640 David knows, I can't stay here any longer. 453 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,560 There's already been three attempts on my life. 454 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,120 Now the king himself is here to kill me, 455 00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:14,120 and if I linger still, I am going to be killed. 456 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:18,720 So David sees the opportunity as the assassins, 457 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,240 the assassinations are foiled, 458 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:24,200 and even Saul is indisposed at the moment, 459 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,000 he takes the opportunity to flee. 460 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,720 And God allows the pillar of a confidant, 461 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:34,720 I think I used the shield as an example, to fall. 462 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,000 So there's nothing left there. 463 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,320 Now if you would continue on to chapter 20. 464 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,240 Chapter 20, just in brief, 465 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,880 because we won't have time to be able to study 466 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,640 the entire chapter at length. 467 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,280 We'll look at a few verses here at the end, 468 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:53,080 but he takes the opportunity to return back to Gebeah. 469 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:54,560 Now he knows that Saul's not there, 470 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,520 because Saul's indisposed, so he runs back to Gebeah, 471 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,880 and there he meets up with his best buddy, Jonathan. 472 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,320 Jonathan's the prince, he's Saul's son, 473 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:07,040 and there he is going to ask for his help. 474 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,520 And the first 40 verses of chapter 20, 475 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,520 he has a discussion with Jonathan. 476 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:14,440 And in brief, he says, Jonathan, 477 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,520 your dad is trying to kill me. 478 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,440 And of course, Jonathan doesn't believe him at first. 479 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,680 Oh, my dad wouldn't do anything like that, 480 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,480 but I'm gonna find out myself, and here's what I'm gonna do. 481 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,720 I'm gonna ask dad, and I'm gonna figure, 482 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:27,920 I'm gonna get to the bottom of this, 483 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,080 because we're buddies. 484 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,160 And what I'm gonna do is, 485 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,480 I have this practice session coming up, 486 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:39,080 where I shoot arrows, and my confidant, 487 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,960 my servant goes out and fetches the arrows. 488 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:43,080 And here's what I'm gonna do. 489 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:44,440 I'm gonna shoot these arrows, 490 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,920 and I'm gonna give my servant some instruction. 491 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:52,480 I'm gonna tell them that if he gets up to where the arrow is, 492 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:53,760 and I tell him to keep going, 493 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,360 that's your signal to keep running, David, 494 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:58,720 because my dad truly is trying to kill you. 495 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,120 So he goes in, he has a conversation with his dad. 496 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:04,720 At first, his dad says, oh, no, that's not what I'm doing, 497 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,040 but he pushes him further, and he reveals, 498 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:11,240 I am trying to preserve our lineage. 499 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,480 I'm trying to preserve you as King Jonathan, 500 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,880 and I need to take out David. 501 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,760 Of course, this breaks Jonathan's heart, 502 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,600 and he goes out into the courtyard. 503 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,640 Let's pick up in verse 41 of chapter 20. 504 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,240 Actually, let's go back a little bit farther. 505 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,120 Let's go up to verse 38. 506 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:33,840 Verse 38 says, Jonathan cried after the lad. 507 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,000 He shot the arrow. 508 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,160 Make speed, hey, stay not. 509 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,760 And Jonathan led, Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, 510 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:41,920 and came to his master. 511 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,640 But the lad knew not anything, 512 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,800 only Jonathan and David knew the matter. 513 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,640 He had given instruction to his servant, keep going, 514 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:54,640 keep going, and that is trying to signal David to run. 515 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,680 Verse 40, Jonathan gave his artillery to the lad, 516 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,160 and sent him to him, go, carry them to the city. 517 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,920 Now, it's just David and Jonathan together. 518 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,120 In verse 41, it says, as soon as the lad was gone, 519 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:08,960 David arose out of a place toward the south, 520 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,800 fell on his face to the ground, 521 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,800 and bowed himself three times. 522 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,000 And they kissed one another, 523 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:18,360 and wept one with another until David exceeded. 524 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:21,160 And Jonathan said to David, go in peace, 525 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,840 for as much as we have sworn both of us 526 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:25,040 in the name of the Lord, saying, 527 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,160 the Lord be between me and thee, 528 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,880 and between thy seed, and between my seed, 529 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,080 and thy seed forever. 530 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:32,440 And he arose and departed, 531 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,880 and Jonathan went into the city. 532 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,800 They understood, Jonathan understood 533 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:42,480 what was happening, and in signaling David to run, 534 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,960 he knew that this would be the end of their relationship 535 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:47,640 as they know it. 536 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:52,640 David and Jonathan here have a bittersweet time of remorse 537 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,880 and knowing that they would not be able to be 538 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,560 the close friends that they once were. 539 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,960 And they wouldn't know what the future would hold, 540 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:02,280 but they had a promise, and they had made that promise. 541 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,640 We saw that just a few chapters earlier, 542 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,640 where they had promised that they would protect 543 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,120 one another's family. 544 00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:11,320 So we'll see that come to fruition in a few stories here, 545 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,000 when we see David's life as he becomes king. 546 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,440 But at this point in time, 547 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,560 David and Jonathan part ways, 548 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,640 understanding that there probably wouldn't be another time 549 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,360 like this where they would have their friendship. 550 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,040 And in fact, the truth is, 551 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,920 this would be the last time David and Jonathan 552 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,840 would ever see each other again, this side of heaven. 553 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,680 For David and Jonathan would never, 554 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:40,760 never again is it recorded in scripture, 555 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,720 have a relationship, talk with one another, 556 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,240 to hug, to high five, to be the best friends that they were. 557 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,120 And this would be the last time their friendship 558 00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:53,040 would have a time of bonding. 559 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,240 And so God allows the pillar of friendship, 560 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,240 I would call, to fall. 561 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,640 God is slowly stripping away 562 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,640 all of these things in David's life, 563 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:08,640 his career, his family, his confidant, his friend. 564 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,360 And the very last one that would be stripped away 565 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:14,200 is his reputation. 566 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,840 In 1 Samuel chapter 21, 567 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:23,360 David flees, he goes to a place called Knob. 568 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,360 He talks to a priest there. 569 00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:28,040 He eats a bread from the table of showbread 570 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,920 because like I said, he's got no career, 571 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,960 he's got no prospects, he's on the run, 572 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,760 nowhere to eat, nowhere, no money to buy anything. 573 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,560 God provides for him that way. 574 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:41,400 And then in verse eight, David thinks, 575 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,200 you know what, where can I go 576 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,960 that Saul will not find me? 577 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,000 Everywhere I go, he seems to find me, 578 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,560 sending assassins after me. 579 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,640 This guy is running frantically for his life. 580 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,000 Where can I go? 581 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,160 And he thinks, I know where I can go. 582 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:00,680 There is a famous city that probably, 583 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,200 none of the people of Israel would ever think to look for me. 584 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,040 And he thinks of a town called Gath. 585 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,480 Now, if you remember, there was a certain famous fellow 586 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,880 in David's life from the city of Gath. 587 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,800 And he guesses Goliath, yes, Goliath, 588 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,280 the giant that he slew was from Gath. 589 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,200 And so David decides, I'm going to run 590 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,000 outside the boundaries of Israel 591 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,160 at some 25 miles from the Gebeah where he was 592 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:33,160 with Jonathan, and he runs some 25 miles to Gath. 593 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,800 Now let's look at here in verse 10 of chapter 21. 594 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:42,440 It says, David rose and fled that day for fear of Saul 595 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,440 and went to Aukish, the king of Gath. 596 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,680 And the servants of Aukish said to him, 597 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:52,200 is not this David the king of the land? 598 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,960 Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, 599 00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:00,240 saying Saul has slain his thousands and David his 10,000s? 600 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,960 And David laid up these words in his heart 601 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,240 and was so afraid of Aukish, the king of Gath. 602 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,040 And he changed his behavior before them 603 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,200 and feigned himself mad in their hands 604 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,520 and scrambled on the doors of the gate 605 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:18,280 and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 606 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,200 Then said Aukish unto the servants, 607 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,640 lo, ye see the man is mad. 608 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,360 Wherefore then hath he brought him to me? 609 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:28,880 Have I need of mad men that ye have brought this fellow 610 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,520 to play the mad men in my presence? 611 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:35,280 Shall this fellow come into my house? 612 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,920 So David here flees from Gabeah to the city of Gath, 613 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,600 a Philistine city where the king Aukish lives. 614 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,480 And there filled with fear and anxiety 615 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,600 because immediately he's recognized, 616 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,040 this is David, the giant killer. 617 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,080 He is the one they call king, 618 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,840 the one they sing his praises. 619 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,440 Obviously that song was such a hit song 620 00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:00,760 and had made it all the way down into the Philistine lands. 621 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,360 And they had heard that song and they say, 622 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,800 here he is, let's bring him before the king. 623 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,320 Now, probably we can guess that they might think 624 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,360 this is an opportunity for us to take out this giant slayer. 625 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,840 And of course, David filled with fear and anxiety, 626 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,720 obviously probably very physically tired, 627 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,120 very emotionally distraught. 628 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,800 He is brought before Aukish. 629 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:27,800 And he believes that if he's able to fake insanity, 630 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,200 then somehow maybe they'll let him live. 631 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:31,440 And that's what he does. 632 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,240 When they go to get him, he's at the city gates 633 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,400 and the Bible says that he feigns madness. 634 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,840 He feigns that he's insane and he begins to scrabble 635 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,040 using his nails crawling at the city gates, 636 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,440 allowing all the spit to run down his beard 637 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,400 as if he had gone insane. 638 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,240 And as he plays the mad man in front of the king, 639 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,360 the king is so disgusted that the Bible says here, 640 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,680 he says, do I have need of mad men? 641 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:02,480 You can almost hear the ring in his voice, 642 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,320 almost like a stab, if you will. 643 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,640 I've got enough mad people around me, right? 644 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,800 I'm surrounded by crazy people. 645 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,000 Do I need more of them? 646 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,480 Get him out of here. 647 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:16,360 The ruse works. 648 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,960 David leaves the court of the king, 649 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,520 but in the sight of all the people 650 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:26,520 that once feared David, his reputation is lost. 651 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,600 No longer do they see David as the giant killer, 652 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,840 the one to be feared, the slayer of 10,000s. 653 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,520 They dismiss him out of their court like the court jester. 654 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,880 This guy's mad, get him out of here. 655 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:45,880 And the pillar of reputation, how people see him, falls. 656 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,600 And here is David. 657 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:54,600 No career, no family, no confidants, 658 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,440 no friends, no reputation. 659 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:03,440 How far he has fallen in just a few weeks. 660 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,200 David goes from the employed commander of armies, 661 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,600 living in the palace, eating from the king's table, 662 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,360 married, living a stable life to a separated, 663 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:17,480 unemployed, friendless vagabond playing the fool 664 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,000 in the land of the pagans, the Philistines. 665 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,320 What happened? 666 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:30,320 What in the world is going on in David's life? 667 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,240 I believe it's in this season of life 668 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:40,240 that some of the most beautiful psalms of David are written. 669 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:44,280 It's in this season of life that God allows David 670 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:48,200 to learn the most important lesson of all. 671 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:53,840 David learns what he truly needs. 672 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:57,280 Author and Holocaust survivor Corey Ten Boom said this, 673 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,880 you may never know that God is all we need 674 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:05,160 until God is all we have. 675 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:10,800 Many years ago, a song was written by Babby Mason, 676 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,200 based on a quote by a preacher long ago, 677 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,160 and the song goes like this. 678 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,440 God is too wise to be mistaken. 679 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:24,520 God is too good to be unkind. 680 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:29,520 So when you don't understand, when you don't see his plan, 681 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:35,200 when you can't trace his hand, trust his heart. 682 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,360 How many of you have heard that song before? 683 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,640 An incredible song. 684 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:43,800 But I believe this is what God is teaching David. 685 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,000 He is teaching David as he can teach us tonight 686 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,800 that a Christian should learn to trust in God alone 687 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,400 by understanding really three dangers 688 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:58,400 that we see illustrated in this context that we've said. 689 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,640 If you're taking notes, the first danger is this, 690 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,600 what I would call the danger of the trade. 691 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,120 And what we can learn from this is that as long 692 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:13,120 as you lean on things, you won't learn to lean 693 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:13,960 on God. 694 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,600 The Israelites were warned of this kind of false sense 695 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:22,600 of security in Jeremiah chapter two by the prophet. 696 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:24,880 In verse 13, he says to this, 697 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,200 for my people have committed two evils. 698 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,800 They've forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, 699 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,960 and hewn out sisters, broken sisters, 700 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:36,400 that can hold no water. 701 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,880 You see, we are constantly inundated in our culture, 702 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,800 in the world that we live in, to lean on things 703 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,400 for security. 704 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,000 And oftentimes we make our lives all about collecting 705 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:53,000 those things, leaning on our careers for security, 706 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,080 on our education for security, on entertainment, 707 00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:02,000 on relationships, on our children, on our health. 708 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,640 We're seduced to believe that if we collect enough 709 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:08,040 of these things in life, the things that are made available 710 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:12,320 to us in this life, then our lives will have joy, 711 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:16,000 they'll have meaning, and they'll have security. 712 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,640 God warns a church in the book of Revelation, 713 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,480 the church of Laodicea, who believes that 714 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,120 in Revelation chapter three, God says to them, 715 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,640 because thou sayest I am rich and increased with goods 716 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:30,440 and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou 717 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,880 are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. 718 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:39,880 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire 719 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,240 that thou mayest be rich and white raiment that thou 720 00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:44,880 mayest be clothed, and that the shame of the nakedness 721 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:48,120 do not appear and anoint thine eyes with eye salve 722 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,400 that thou mayest see. 723 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:55,360 I heard recently from a pastor who said that every person 724 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:59,160 has just as much of God as they want. 725 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:03,080 You see, we serve an infinite God who has done everything 726 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,560 he can to build a relationship with us. 727 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,040 He has not left us here to be forsaken. 728 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:12,480 He has begotten his only son to bleed and to die for us 729 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,000 to make way for a relationship to happen. 730 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,640 He has left the incredible gift of his word to us 731 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,920 so that we might know him and that we might honor him. 732 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:26,720 And the problem is that we oftentimes do not have 733 00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:31,480 an appetite for God because we are full of this world. 734 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:37,600 And what David will learn is that if he leans on those things, 735 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,760 if he leans on a career or a family or a friend 736 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,920 or a confidant or his reputation, 737 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:47,920 he will have no room in his heart for leaning on God. 738 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:53,600 And we must learn that we cannot trade the things 739 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:57,320 of this world for the infinite God that we serve. 740 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:01,280 And in David's life, God pulls all of those things away, 741 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,440 all of those things that he could have used 742 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,480 to trade his relationship for God for. 743 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,840 And he asks him this question, 744 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:13,120 David, am I enough to satisfy? 745 00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:16,920 The second thing, if you're taking notes, 746 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,880 a second thing that we can learn is the danger 747 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,800 of what I call the danger of the horizon. 748 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,000 And the lesson to be learned here is that as long as you focus 749 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:30,000 only on what you can see, you won't learn to walk in faith. 750 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:35,680 This going hand in hand with our lives being all about 751 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,720 the things of this world, David's anointed to be 752 00:36:37,720 --> 00:36:39,480 the next king of Israel. 753 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,000 It hadn't happened yet. 754 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,680 Think back to him sitting, playing the harp 755 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,040 in the court of King Saul. 756 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,640 He had been anointed, he was going to be 757 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,520 the next king of Israel, but it hadn't happened yet. 758 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:53,880 It required faith for David to believe 759 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,720 that that was going to happen. 760 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:58,360 And it had required faith for him to pursue 761 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,840 God's plan for his life. 762 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,800 Now David's life had become a place of comfort 763 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,840 in the house of King Saul. 764 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,400 He had a wife, he had a career, he had at the king's table. 765 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,480 And David's life had become a place of comfort 766 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:15,200 in the house of the king. 767 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,880 But that wasn't the place God had for him. 768 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:22,080 Now obviously he can lament the loss, 769 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:26,280 but David wasn't chosen to sit at the feet of Saul. 770 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,440 He was chosen to sit on the throne 771 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,680 that Saul was sitting on. 772 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:34,600 That was what God's plan was for David's life. 773 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:37,600 Not to sit comfortably by the king's side 774 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,520 and play an instrument, his plan for him would be 775 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,680 to replace that king on that throne. 776 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:48,680 That was David's calling, that was David's anointing. 777 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:50,720 God's plan for him. 778 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,920 Oftentimes in our life, the familiar 779 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:58,320 can make us comfortable, safe. 780 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:03,320 And it robs us of what God has yet to do in our lives. 781 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:11,480 I say this, not lightly, I say this in all due respect, 782 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:17,600 but you know, in a crowd this big of a church this historic, 783 00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:21,680 there could possibly be someone in here tonight 784 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,680 that has become comfortable in their relationship 785 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,280 and in their walk with God. 786 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:31,280 So much so that they haven't taken a real step of faith 787 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:32,680 in years. 788 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,440 And if that's you, I wanna tell you that you are missing out 789 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:42,040 on what it means to walk with God. 790 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:45,840 You become comfortable playing the harp for the king 791 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,840 when God has called you onto something greater. 792 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,320 So God pulls away the comforts that he had, 793 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,600 his career, his family, his confidants, his friends, 794 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,680 his reputation, and he says to David, 795 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,840 David, am I enough to satisfy? 796 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,720 Will you walk with me in faith? 797 00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:08,480 Last one, if you're taking notes, 798 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,760 is what I would call the danger of the proxy. 799 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,560 And what we can learn from this danger is that as long 800 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,680 as you seek only the temporary, 801 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:20,120 you won't learn to identify the permanent. 802 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:25,120 In the ancient world, the ancient Romans discovered 803 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,280 an incredible metal. 804 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:33,280 It revolutionized the way that everything was done in Rome. 805 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,160 They found this metal, they called it plumbum. 806 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,280 And what was amazing about this metal is that it was 807 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:42,200 incredibly easy to mold, it was malleable. 808 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,680 You could actually melt this metal over a campfire. 809 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,280 It was so easy to use. 810 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,920 And they would create jewelry and they would create bowls 811 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,240 and cups and goblets, they even used it as piping 812 00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:58,360 to pipe in water from streams into their bathhouses. 813 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,920 It had a sweet flavor, so they began to add it 814 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,920 to their food and to their wine. 815 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,240 And it was an incredible thing, it was actually coined 816 00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:09,480 the plastic of the ancient world. 817 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,840 It was an amazing new technology. 818 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:16,440 It was the most useful metal in the entire world. 819 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,120 You know what we call this metal today? 820 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:19,960 Lead. 821 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:27,160 What was simultaneously feeding the Romans was also 822 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:31,320 at the same time killing the Romans. 823 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:37,640 I think our modern world is still so much in danger 824 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,280 of this type of thing. 825 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:43,720 Things that we pursue in the temporary that are 826 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:48,480 simultaneously feeding us and killing us at the same time. 827 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,200 This applies so much to our spiritual life 828 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,960 as it does our emotional and physical life. 829 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,120 We stop at the temporary. 830 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,960 We're fixated on the here and the now. 831 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:07,080 We're fixated on the things that give us immediate pleasure. 832 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:08,840 What do people think of me? 833 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:12,520 How do I compare to the people across the street? 834 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,120 What are those parents over there doing with their kids? 835 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,640 What am I missing out on? 836 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,280 What about that new thing? 837 00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:23,000 We have to be involved in this new club or this new group. 838 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:27,840 And every decision is centered on the here and now. 839 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,560 And although it feels like it is giving you life, 840 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,960 it is actually killing you. 841 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:38,520 Our lives are overtaxed, overburdened. 842 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:40,200 We are overcommitted. 843 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,640 And oftentimes, as one pastor puts it, 844 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,400 we overestimate in the short term 845 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,320 and we underestimate what can be done in the long term. 846 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:53,320 And we build our lives all about right now. 847 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:57,320 And we forget that we serve a God in eternity. 848 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,160 A God who is with us now, 849 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,160 but wants us to live not for the here and now, 850 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,920 but for the eternity. 851 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:09,400 And what I fear oftentimes is that we train 852 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:13,200 not just us and our lives, but the next generation 853 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,400 to seek the here and now 854 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,040 and to not think about the eternity. 855 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,640 And Jesus is screaming at us from the pages 856 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,120 of Matthew chapter six, verse 33, 857 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:28,120 but seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. 858 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:32,400 And all these things will be added unto you. 859 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:36,680 And so God allows all of these things to be pulled away. 860 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:40,160 Every temporary reprieve from David's life 861 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:44,600 and says, David, am I enough to satisfy? 862 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:47,480 And amazingly, David responds. 863 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:48,840 If you have your scripture still open, 864 00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:53,840 I invite you to open up to the Psalm, Psalm 142. 865 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,960 Psalm chapter 142. 866 00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:01,360 David responds to these questions, I believe. 867 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:04,920 When God asks him, am I enough to satisfy? 868 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:08,080 Psalm chapter 142 is an incredible prayer 869 00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:10,680 that he writes from a cave. 870 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,600 And in verse five, he says this, 871 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:17,000 I cried unto thee, O Lord, 872 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:20,680 I said, thou art my refuge 873 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:25,680 and my portion in the land of the living. 874 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:29,440 You've allowed everything to be stripped from my life. 875 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,560 I have nothing, I am alone in a cave, 876 00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:37,560 but God, you are enough for me. 877 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:42,560 You are my safety, you are my portion. 878 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:44,960 I have all that I need. 879 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:48,560 And I think as believers today, 880 00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:53,560 it's even more critical that we learn this truth, 881 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:58,160 that God alone is enough to trust in. 882 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:03,160 God is all that we need 883 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:09,160 and that we must seek him with our whole heart. 884 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:12,880 That God may allow a time in your life. 885 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:13,880 And you know what? 886 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:15,600 There might be some people right now 887 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,400 who are in the middle of a life like this, 888 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:22,800 where you feel as if God has begun to move in your life, 889 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,000 to remove the comfort, the temporary, 890 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,120 the things that you are holding dear 891 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,080 and God is moving in your life 892 00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,600 and there may be a lesson to be learned 893 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:37,600 and he is trying to teach you I am enough. 894 00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:41,880 What's incredible today 895 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:48,280 is that Jesus has already proven to you he is enough. 896 00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:52,720 He has already proven that God is enough. 897 00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:55,680 When Jesus went to the cross, he bled, he died, 898 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,200 he took upon us the full payment for our sins 899 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:02,560 and he declared three words, it is finished. 900 00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:09,160 Jesus proved he was enough for you and for me. 901 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,000 And the Bible says that if we place our faith and trust 902 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:16,120 in his finished work, we will be saved. 903 00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,120 What could God do in your life? 904 00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:26,120 What could God do in your marriage, in your kids' lives? 905 00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:32,120 If you learn to lean on God, to walk in faith 906 00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:37,480 and to seek the eternal and to be able to boldly declare 907 00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:42,640 God, you are enough. 908 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:46,400 And I live not for the here and now, 909 00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:49,760 but I live for you, my King. 910 00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:53,400 If God was enough for you in your marriage 911 00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:57,240 and your kids' lives, you know what I think? 912 00:45:57,240 --> 00:45:59,440 I think that if we had a church of people 913 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:05,320 who believed that, not just up here, but in here, 914 00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:07,480 and it came out here and here, 915 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,360 we would have a church of people 916 00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:16,320 and to borrow a quote from the pastor John Wesley, 917 00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:21,320 he says, people would come for miles to watch us burn. 918 00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:24,560 I believe that we would have a church so dedicated, 919 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:29,560 so on fire for God, that people would take notice, 920 00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:35,060 not of us, but of the God who is able to satisfy. 921 00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:38,000 And that is my prayer for us, 922 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:41,360 that we would learn tonight the very important lesson, 923 00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:44,440 that it's life's not about the things of this world, 924 00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:47,240 it's not about our careers or our family 925 00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:52,240 or the things we trust in, our reputations, our friendships. 926 00:46:53,240 --> 00:46:57,760 God is enough and God alone is who we ought to live for. 927 00:46:57,760 --> 00:46:59,320 Would you bow your heads with me?